Solar sails have the potential to provide mass and cost savings for spacecraft traveling within the inner solar system. Companies like L’Garde have demonstrated sail manufacturability and various in-space deployment methods. The purpose of this study was to evaluate a current Mars sample return architecture and to determine how cost and mass would be reduced by incorporating a solar sail propulsion system. The team validated the design proposed by L’Garde, and scaled the design based on a trajectory analysis. Using the solar sail design reduced the required mass, eliminating one of the three launches required in the original architecture.


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    Titel :

    Reduction of Martian Sample Return Mission Launch Mass with Solar Sail Propulsion


    Weitere Titelangaben:

    Springer Praxis Books (formerly: Springer-Praxis Series)


    Beteiligte:
    Macdonald, Malcolm (Herausgeber:in) / Russell, Tiffany E. (Autor:in) / Heaton, Andrew (Autor:in) / Thomas, Dan (Autor:in) / Young, Roy (Autor:in) / Baysinger, Mike (Autor:in) / Capizzo, Pete (Autor:in) / Fabisinski, Leo (Autor:in) / Hornsby, Linda (Autor:in) / Maples, Dauphne (Autor:in)


    Erscheinungsdatum :

    2014-02-04


    Format / Umfang :

    21 pages




    Medientyp :

    Aufsatz/Kapitel (Buch)


    Format :

    Elektronische Ressource


    Sprache :

    Englisch




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